Vivaldi - La Stravaganza – Podger & Arte Dei Suonatori (2LP, Digital Recording)
Antonio Vivaldi - 12 violin concertos :
- Concerto In B Flat, Opus 4 No. 1
- Concerto In E Minor, Opus 4 No. 2
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 3
- Concerto In A Minor, Opus 4 No. 4
- Concerto In A Major, Opus 4 No. 5
- Concerto In G Minor, Opus 4 No. 6
- Concerto In C Major, Opus 4 No. 7
- Concerto In D Minor, Opus 4 No. 8
- Concerto In F Major, Opus 4 No. 9
- Concerto In C Minor, Opus 4 No. 10
- Concerto In D Major, Opus 4 No. 11
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 12
Rachel Podger (Violin)
Arte Dei Suonatori
2 LP, Gatefold jacket
Mastered from the original DSD Channel Music masters
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas GmbH in Germany
First time on vinyl
Label : Analog Phonic
Original Label : Channel Classics
Recorded in Church of the High Catholic Siminary in Gościkowo-Paradyż, Poland on Sep 2002
Engineered by C. Jared Sacks
Produced by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Supervised by Sir Jared Sacks of Channel Classics
Direct Metal Mastered by Hans-Jorg Mauksch at Pauler Acoustics without any digital remastering or editing
Originally released in 2003
Reissued in Sep. 2018
Tracks:
Side A :
- Concerto In B Flat, Opus 4 No. 1 – Allegro
- Concerto In B Flat, Opus 4 No. 1 – Largo E Cantabile
- Concerto In B Flat, Opus 4 No. 1 – Allegro
- Concerto In E Minor, Opus 4 No. 2 - Allegro
- Concerto In E Minor, Opus 4 No. 2 – Largo
- Concerto In E Minor, Opus 4 No. 2 - Allegro
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 3 – Allegro
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 3 – Largo
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 3 - Allegro Assai
Side B :
- Concerto In A Minor, Opus 4 No. 4 – Allegro
- Concerto In A Minor, Opus 4 No. 4 - Grave E Sempre Piano
- Concerto In A Minor, Opus 4 No. 4 - Allegro
- Concerto In A Major, Opus 4 No. 5 – Allegro
- Concerto In A Major, Opus 4 No. 5 – Largo
- Concerto In A Major, Opus 4 No. 5 - Allegro
- Concerto In G Minor, Opus 4 No. 6 – Allegro
- Concerto In G Minor, Opus 4 No. 6 – Largo
- Concerto In G Minor, Opus 4 No. 6 - Allegro
Side C :
- Concerto In C Major, Opus 4 No. 7 – Largo
- Concerto In C Major, Opus 4 No. 7 – Allegro
- Concerto In C Major, Opus 4 No. 7 – Largo
- Concerto In C Major, Opus 4 No. 7 - Allegro
- Concerto In D Minor, Opus 4 No. 8 – Allegro
- Concerto In D Minor, Opus 4 No. 8 - Adagio-Presto-Adagio
- Concerto In D Minor, Opus 4 No. 8 - Allegro
- Concerto In F Major, Opus 4 No. 9 – Allegro
- Concerto In F Major, Opus 4 No. 9 – Largo
- Concerto In F Major, Opus 4 No. 9 - Allegro
Side D :
- Concerto In C Minor, Opus 4 No. 10 – Spirituoso
- Concerto In C Minor, Opus 4 No. 10 – Adagio
- Concerto In C Minor, Opus 4 No. 10 - Allegro
- Concerto In D Major, Opus 4 No. 11 – Allegro
- Concerto In D Major, Opus 4 No. 11 – Largo
- Concerto In D Major, Opus 4 No. 11 - Allegro Assai
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 12 - Spirituoso E Non Presto
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 12 – Largo
- Concerto In G Major, Opus 4 No. 12 - Allegro
Reviews :
« The performances by Rachel Podger are crackling with vitality and executed with consistent brilliance as well as a kind of relish in virtuos-ity that catches the showy spirit, the self-conscious extravagance, of this particular set of works. There are plenty of movements here where her sheer digital dexterity is astonishing... but perhaps even more I enjoyed the exquisitely fine detail of some of the slow move-ments, for example No.8 in D minor... that one has a performance to leave you breathless. Another thing Podger is specially good at is the shaping of those numerous passages of Vivaldian sequences, which can be drearily predictable, but aren’t so here because she knows just how to control the rhythmic tension and time the climax and resolution with logic and force. I would certainly recommend this set as a fine example of a modern view of Baroque performance. » - Gramophone
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5